Note 441 — Terminal Essay. (continued 4)

Gladwin (p. 77) gives only eight, omitting Fă’ūl which he or his author probably considers the Muzáhaf, imperfect or apocopêd form of Fă’ūlūn, as Măfā’īl of Măfā’īlūn. For the infinite complications of Arabic prosody the Khafíf (soft breathing) and Sahíh (hard breathing); the Sadr and Arúz (first and last feet), the Ibtidá and Zarb (last foot of every line); the Hashw (cushion-stuffing) or body-part of verse; the ’Amúd al-Kasídah or Al-Musammat (the strong) and other details I must refer readers to such specialists as Freytag and Sam. Clarke (Prosodia Arabica), and to Dr. Steingass’s notes infra.